• Celebrate the small wins

    Just a quick 🙌 today. Gotta celebrate the small wins right? After all, they’re steps on the path of success toward the bigger goals. So today I’m celebrating one week of sending daily emails. Now I know perspective is everything… Read more…

  • Do it now

    About 8 years ago I went on a productivity bender with GTD. GTD is David Allen’s “Getting Things Done” system for organizing and managing tasks and workload. The system worked well (mostly). Of course it depended on an appropriate level… Read more…

  • Backyard bugs help my freelancing business

    It’s Sunday where I live. Gazing out of my office window… it’s delightful seeing some blue sky poking through the clouds. Spring is starting to make it’s mark. We’re already seeing the early signs… The daffodils are out. The lawn… Read more…

  • Cushion lifting

    When I’m tidying and lift up a sofa cushion, I always get a buzz when I find a sparkling prize staring back at me. I raise the sacred coin aloft. And with pride in my heart and the hopes and… Read more…

  • This turned my freelancing business around

    In my world, here’s the thing that really did turn my freelance business around… Walking. — Er… come again Chris? Yep… walking. Specifically: walking a lot. You see… I spent the better part of 18 months doing copywriting training, figuring… Read more…

  • On days like this…

    …being a freelancer is a godsend. Crawling out bed. Groggy from all the coughing, lack of sleep, and achiness. Dragging my uncooperative body to my chair. Opening BerserkerMail. And still being able to tick off my daily commitment: This email’s… Read more…

  • Freelancer cheat code

    Kazuhisa Hashimoto entered the ranks of video game legends in 1986. After being recruited from college in 1981 by Konami … a dominant force in video arcades of the time … he no doubt had dreams of hitting it big.… Read more…

  • The path to overwhelm and ruin?

    Emailing daily is a big deal for me. But it’s a big deal I chose to do because I see how it’s going to make me a better person. “You must be joking Chris? “You can’t fool us… “Daily emails… Read more…